Improved fastening for carriage-curtains



F. BAUMGARTNER.

Carriage-Curtain Fastening. No. 100,355. I Patented March L 1869.-

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Letters Patent N 100,355, dated M'arch 1, 1870.

IMPROVED FASTENING FOR CARRIAG-ZiJ-CURTAINS.

- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same T 0 all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, FREDIucK BAUMGARTNER, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriage-Curtain Fasteniugs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accom mnying drawing which forms partof this specification.

One of the most needed improvements in carriages is a durable fastening for the curtains thereof. The old style of fastening, namely, a round-headed pin or knob, and a button-hole worked in the leather, is constantly getting inoperative, for the reason that the button-holes soon tear out, however well made,'hence this style of fastening has been to a certain extent superseded by a fastening consisting,' of the old knob and an elastic button-hole, as it is called, which, in brief, consists ot'a circular piece oflndia rubber clamped at its edges between metallic rings, by which the device is secured to the leather, and said rubber disk having a hole in its center which stretches and allows the head of the knob to pass through it. This last referred to fastening is very good when new, but; it is not at all durable. The rubber disk soon wears out or tears, and the fastening becomes useless until a new elastic button-hole is substituted for the old one, which causes trouble and expense.

The object, therefore, of my invention is to produce a very durable and secure fastening, a fastening which will at all times be reliable. To this end, therefore, my invention consists in a knob of peculiar shape, which in conjunction with a metallic' eyelet or rigid button-hole in the curtain, produces a. fastening for carriage-curtains, as well as for other purposes, that will always be secure, and will not become inoperative by reason of constant manipulation or use.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a carriagecurtain secured in place by my improved fastening;

Figures 2 and 3 are side elevations of one of my improved knobs; and

Figure 4 is a transverse central section of an eyelet or metallic button-hole which I find it desirable to use in connection with the improved knob.

The knobs shown in figs. 2 and 3 are the same in construction, except that one is provided with a nailshank, n, and the other with a screw-shank, s, the one being driven into the wood and the other. screwed mto it, as occasion may require.

The peculiarity of the knob A is that one side, .a, of

the head is longer than the other, I), that is, it projects out further from the neck 0. The head is beveled, or shaped so'that the eyelet or rigid button-hole will go over it with as little strain or friction as possible; but it is obvious that the form of the head of the knob may be varied, and still leave it possessing the desired characteristic.

1 have shown a purely metallic button-hole, B, which, it will be seen by reference to fig. 4, is an eyelet with an oval-shaped eye. 1 do not limit myself to a, met-allic button-hole, as the button-hole could be made in various ways, and so stiff and rigid that it will practically never tear; but, on the other hand, it would he too stitfto use with the ordinary rouml-headed knob. But I prefer to use amct-allic button-hole, as in such case we have something unyielding, positive, and darable.

1 will now explain the manner of using my invention, in order to show its great advantages.

I find it well to place the knob in the carriage-tops in such manner that the longestpart of the headuill be toward the curtain to be fastened. Now, to fasten, the button-hole is slipped first over the longer part of the head of the knob, the curtain is then stretched till the button-hole drops over the shorter part of the head of the knob, and so soon as this is done, the contraction of the curtain keeps the button-hole ,or eyelet securely on the knob, so that there is no liability of the button-hole becoming accidentallydisengaged from my improved knob. 'lo unfasten, reverse thefastening operation.

From the above description it; will'bc seen that I produce a simple, cheap, easily-applied and durable fasteuin g for carriage-curtains and other purposes, such as traveling-bags, &c., a fastening which can be easily done up or undone, so to speak, by any person, and which, however often it may be manipulated,-.will not be impaired or become inoperative.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming separately a metallic button-hole or a knob of the form herein described; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a metallic or rigid elongated button-hole, B, with the knob A, constructed as described, whereby a carriage-curtain fastening is produced, substantially as herein specified.

FBEDRICK BAUMGARTNER.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, T. B, BEEon'ER. 

